Alston
Alston is a small town in Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. It shares the title of the 'highest market community in England', at regarding 1,000 feet (300 m) above water level, with Buxton, Derbyshire. Despite being at such an altitude as well as in a remote place, the community is conveniently accessible by means of the many roads which connect the town to Weardale valley, Teesdale, Hartside Pass (as well as communities in Cumbria such as Penrith) as well as the Tyne valley. Historically part of Cumberland, Alston exists within the North Pennines, an assigned Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is surrounded by stunning views of the bordering fells and the South Tyne Valley. Much of the community centre is a marked Conservation Area that includes numerous detailed structures. The population census figures reveal that at its peak during 1831 the populace of the church of Alston Moor was 6,858 individuals. Today that figure is about 1,200. The population of the community of Alston was 1,128 according to the 2001 Census. [citation required] The community has its own site which is an outcome of the Cybermoor Project (cybermoor.org), which has brought the Net to practically every home on Alston Moor, and also broadband to numerous. This enabled people with little or no education accessibility to on the internet courses as well as training. The problem of the area's relative remoteness contrasted to other areas of England was fixed by making use of IEEE 802.11 modern technology to build the network facilities.
